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LudicSavant
2018-09-21, 04:55 PM
UPDATED VERSION HERE: https://forums.giantitp.com/showsinglepost.php?p=24674538&postcount=1

What it says on the tin, for all your odd-stat-boosting needs. Stuff from Xanathar's in green.


---Strength---
Athlete
Dragon Fear (Dragonborn)
Dragon Hide (Dragonborn)
Heavily Armored
Heavy Armor Master
Lightly Armored
Moderately Armored
Orcish Fury (Half-Orc)
Resilient (Str)
Squat Nimbleness (Dwarf or Small race)
Tavern Brawler
Weapon Master

---Dexterity---
Athlete
Elven Accuracy (Elf or Half-Elf)
Fade Away (Gnome)
Lightly Armored
Moderately Armored
Resilient (Dex)
Second Chance (Halfling)
Squat Nimbleness (Dwarf or Small race)
Weapon Master

---Constitution---
Dragon Fear (Dragonborn)
Dragon Hide (Dragonborn)
Durable
Dwarven Fortitude (Dwarf)
Infernal Constitution (Tiefling)
Orcish Fury (Half-Orc)
Resilient (Con)
Second Chance (Halfling)
Tavern Brawler

---Intelligence---
Elven Accuracy (Elf or Half-Elf)
Fade Away (Gnome)
Flames of Phlegethos (Tiefling)
Keen Mind
Linguist
Observant
Resilient (Int)

---Wisdom---
Elven Accuracy (Elf or Half-Elf)
Observant
Resilient (Wis)

---Charisma---
Actor
Dragon Fear (Dragonborn)
Dragon Hide (Dragonborn)
Elven Accuracy (Elf or Half-Elf)
Flames of Phlegethos (Tiefling)
Resilient (Cha)
Second Chance (Halfling)

Expected
2018-09-21, 08:18 PM
Thank you for the useful list. Color-coding the +1 sources was a nice touch. Might I suggest that you add the feats from Unearthed Arcana, even though it is playtest material?

Legendairy
2018-09-21, 09:01 PM
This is amazing!! Thank you so much!

CaptAl
2018-09-21, 09:49 PM
That's handy as all get out. Thanks

Xanterra
2018-09-22, 08:52 PM
Thank you for the useful list. Color-coding the +1 sources was a nice touch. Might I suggest that you add the feats from Unearthed Arcana, even though it is playtest material?

Agreed, this is fantastic - keeping it as a reference, thanks!

And yeah, if you wouldn't mind adding UA, that would be fantastic - color coding them would allow people who can/can't use UA to eliminate them from their consideration.

LittleCreator
2020-02-23, 04:21 PM
Thanks for the list!

//The Necromancer

W41Blackr4zr
2020-02-25, 07:16 PM
thanks for the list

my DM makes us roll stats always and I usually end up with four or five odd stats
so a list like this helps alot

MagneticKitty
2020-02-25, 07:40 PM
Edit:oh you are ludic. I'll see myself out now. Thanks for the page

Klorox
2020-02-26, 10:51 PM
Thank you for doing this!

Devils_Advocate
2020-03-17, 07:38 PM
thanks for the list

my DM makes us roll stats always and I usually end up with four or five odd stats
so a list like this helps alot
Maybe you already know this, but just in case you don't (and even if you do) (https://xkcd.com/1652/), you can use an Ability Score Improvement to raise two Ability Scores by 1 instead of one Ability Score by 2.

Hmm, now I wonder how the non-Ability benefits of these "half feats" compare to the benefits of "full feats". Obviously the former should be roughly half as good as the latter, but also obviously it depends on the feats in question, as well as character built, tactics, etc. The question is, how often are two half feats better than one full feat and one ASI?

Such matters are of utmost concern to alots (http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/2010/04/alot-is-better-than-you-at-everything.html), and so this list is helpful indeed. ;)